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Bobby Kitchens, the public information officer with the Forest Service said that the cause was determined after investigators discovered a circle of rocks near where the fire began.
"People should really be careful with fire," Kitchens said. "Even though we've had rain, it still comes up pretty quick."
Saturday's weather, including cloud cover and light rain, helped to slow the spread of the fire, which Kitchens does not expect to burn past 566 acres. The burn had reached 523 acres by Saturday afternoon.
Kitchens said 60 firefighters and support staff aided in Saturday's efforts and two bulldozers, a helicopter and a fire engine were also available.
Kitchens said that on Saturday, workers began work on returning the land to the way it looked before the fire began.
"The main thing we're doing today is putting out any fire close to the fire line and fire suppression repair," Kitchens said.
Mary Humphries, a wilderness ranger with the Forest Service, said suppression efforts Saturday included removing snags, which are trees that had been burned at the bottom, from the hiking trails to prevent them from collapsing.
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Eeebuntu changes to Debian Unstable
Future development of the netbook distro Eeebuntu will be based on Debian Unstable instead of the Ubuntu core that has been used until now.
Reasons for the move, as explained on the Eeebuntu forum, are the increased stability and greater flexibility developers expect from Debian Unstable. Independence from the fixed Ubuntu release cycle is another reason. Eeebuntu developers also criticize past Ubuntu releases that have often been faulty and slow to mature.
With Eeebian, or however the next release will be called, a third distro joins Sidux and Seminarix in the ranks of the Debian Unstable-based distributions.
Good for themIts probably the best way to handle the situation.
My eee pc 900 is about 1 1/2 year old by now, and i own a asus 700 as well.
My intentions are not to throw them away for a new eee pc etc.
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On Monday, July 20, Vick was released from federal custody when the feds took off the electronic monitor he has been wearing the past two months after his 23-month vacation at a federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. Vick now has the freedom to pursue his career in the NFL. And to play again, he must go through Goodell, who has said in the past that he would like to sit down and review Vick's suspension after his federal sentence has been completed.
Right now it is unclear when a meeting between the two will be set up, but if Vick has any kind of chance to play this next season, he had better start working on Goodell as soon as possible. Goodell said in the past that in order to reinstate Vick back into the NFL, he is going to have to show remorse and show that he is prepared to live a different life. Vick had better show more remorse than he did to U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson back in 2007.
According to The New York Times, Vick apologized in court but the judge denied him an "acceptance of responsibility" credit that could have reduced his sentence. Apparently the judge didn't believe Vick and handed him a 23-month sentence, which was more than any of Vick's three codefendants got.
No matter how remorseful Vick makes himself out to be, Goodell is going to have an immense amount of pressure put on his shoulders to make the "right" decision.
Just what is the right decision with the convicted dogfighting felon? I don't know at all. I had previously stated in other columns that Vick has served his time under the country's judicial system, his debt is paid and he now has a right to work, just like anyone else who has served time. You can't just take away their right to work, right?
Well, after listening to hours upon hours of sports talk radio and the like, I have come to realize that it really isn't that simple. There are white collar criminals (money laundering, tax evasion, etc.) who, once they serve their time for whatever they did, most likely will not be able to get any kind of job requiring finances or bookkeeping. A convicted pedophile certainly doesn't have the right to get a job at a preschool after his sentence has been served. Someone who killed another person while driving drunk probably won't be working as a driver for UPS anytime soon.
So how does this apply to a man who was a hero for young people and a man looked up upon my athletes of all ages, and was found guilty of funding a huge dogfighting ring? Does Vick have the right to a job in the public spotlight, particularly one as a team leader? I don't know. Goodell is going to have to answer that question.
And perhaps Goodell will just take the business approach to Vick. Will he make the league money? If he will, what is the best way to get Vick back on the field, and what market or team will he fit best in?
In that same sense, maybe Vick is just a liability? With Vick on the field, sponsors could be lost. Maybe Budweiser or even Nike will take away their advertising dollars from the world's most popular sport? (Knowing Nike's morals, I don't suspect they will.) This is an element Goodell is going to have to consider. Animal rights activists will not be boycotting the NFL (maybe they will) but they will be boycotting the products that support the NFL and Vick. Is that what an advertiser like Budweiser would want? To have animal rights activists pissed at them with all their beautiful Clydesdales? To suggest that Budweiser supports dogfighting? Of course, this is just one example but believe me, the animal rights people will be waging a battle here in the next couple of months.
I almost feel bad for Goodell here. Of course Vick is going to put on a show of being very sorry and very remorseful. Maybe he really is. Or maybe it is just an act, and he really doesn't care. Things are going to be very tough for the commissioner. No matter what decision he makes on Vick, he will be scrutinized. That is one thing he can count on.
But hey, maybe he should just look at the bright side of things. At least he doesn't have a meth-head racecar driver chasing away sponsors and making wrongful death accusations. We can save that one for next week.


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IGN's Favorite Grand Theft Auto Characters
May 7, 2013 - We celebrate the best and most nefarious criminals around.
Official Grand Theft Auto Radio Playlists Hit iTunes and Spotify
April 12, 2013 - From GTA IV to Vice City, Rockstar's made a barrage of tunes available through Spotify and iTunes playlists.
The Top 25 Nintendo DS Games
August 7, 2012 - Newly revised for 2012! We rank the best games on Nintendo's original dual-screened handheld and crown a new #1.
What Rockstar's Trailers Mean for Grand Theft Auto V
October 25, 2011 - With a Grand Theft Auto V teaser coming next week, we take a look back at Rockstar's previous teaser trailers and how much they revealed.
Nintendo's History at E3: 2008
May 18, 2011 - Hardcore fans were left out in the cold by Nintendo's casual-only 2008 show. Remember Ravi's Wii Music air drumming? Yeah.
The Top 25 Nintendo DS Games
November 19, 2010 - The DS has built an impressive library over the past several years. And now we've sorted that library and put the best games in order for you.
Red Dead Redemption: Rockstar Next
February 25, 2010 - It's not wholly inaccurate to bill Rockstar as the house that Grand Theft Auto built – after all it was the success of the first top down game in 1998 that helped birth the company, and subsequent games have helped define it, from the revolution ushered in by GTA III and the cultural impact of Vice City and San Andreas to the cinematic cool and shocking detail of GTA IV – but as its slate for the coming months attests, there's a sense that it's shifting the focus away from its staple series as LA Noire, Max Payne 3 and Agent fill out a year that many thought would see the release of the next GTA. Is it possible that Rockstar is trying to move away from being predominantly known for GTA?
Uncharted 2 Leads Way at BAFTA Nominations
February 16, 2010 - BAFTA has announced the nominations for the British Academy Video Games Awards for 2010. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is leading the way with nine nominations, whilst Modern Warfare 2 is up for eight prizes. The big-selling duo will battle it out for the 'Best Game' with Batman: Arkham Asylum, Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2 and FIFA 10.
BAFTA Shortlist Announced
February 10, 2010 - The shortlist for the BAFTA GAME Award 2009 has been announced, with Modern Warfare 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum and FIFA 10 amongst the nominations for the public vote.
Chinatown Wars Hits App Store
January 18, 2010 - Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has hit the iPhone, with the port of the revered DS game weighing in at 9.99 USD on the App Store – which translates as 5.99 GBP.
IGN's Totally Unauthorized 2009 Game Awards
December 14, 2009 - This week we're rolling out our coveted year-end awards for each gaming platform. This is the part where we talk about how prestigious they are and how important it is for you to pay careful attention to our choices. But seriously, who really cares? Don't we already know what all the best games were? "Blah, blah, blah, I'm Greg Miller and I love Uncharted 2." Yeah, thanks for the sweet info.
Take-Two: GTA Doesn't Need To Be Annualized
December 4, 2009 - Take-Two isn't going to rush along its next Grand Theft Auto title to turn a profit. During a company conference call, Chairman Strauss Zelnick stressed the company doesn't need to release a major Grand Theft Auto title every year to be profitable.
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Cheers & Tears: DS Action Games
September 11, 2009 - From old-school hedgehogs to hijacking cars, stretchy slimes and boxing rhinos to those ever-present ninja turtles, the Action genre on Nintendo's DS offers one of the most diverse lineups on the system. We've been picking five great games and five disappointments in Cheers & Tears features for weeks, so you're already up to speed.
Best of 2009: So Far
August 13, 2009 - So the games industry may have collectively decided to cancel Christmas this year, with the traditional festive gush slowing to a diminished dribble as the top titles flee in fear of Modern Warfare 2 – but why look so glum? You've had it pretty good so far, as the first eight months of 2009 have produced a coterie of quality games, from the pugilist perfection of Street Fighter IV and Fight Night Round 4 to more diminutive delights such as Noby Noby Boy and Space Invaders Infinity Gene. Here, in no particular order other than the one in which we scribbled them down, are fifteen of the best so far according to the collective videogaming mind of IGN UK.
Mr. Wong Opens for Business in GTA: Chinatown Wars
May 12, 2009 - Rockstar has revealed a new addition to its Social Club specific to Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DS: Mr. Wong's Laundromat. By playing this web game, you can send some much needed cash to your in-game account, as well as earn costumes used in the multiplayer component.
Cheap Thrills: Gaming Deals of the Week
May 8, 2009 - Let's face it: Times are tough. The economy is in shambles, joblessness is on the rise and the inevitable Swine Flu vaccine is sure to drain what's left of our cash reserves. Who has the money to drop $60 on a new Xbox 360 game or $169 on a shiny new Nintendo DSi? Well, we do, but we're very, very rich. So what about everyone else?
DSi vs. iPhone Grudge Match
April 9, 2009 - Last week, Nintendo rolled out the newest version of its blockbuster Nintendo DS gaming platform -- the DSi -- to North American, Australian, and European gamers. The DSi has already enjoyed brisk sales in Japan, crossing the two million milestone within just four months. These figures are added to the monster install base of the runaway hit: over 100 million sold worldwide. The DSi differentiates itself from its predecessor with the placement of two cameras on the handheld as well as a brand-new download store for games called DSi Shop. It's a similar service to WiiWare, the Wii's online downloadable game store.
The Games We're Playing
April 9, 2009 - Until a review hits, the vast majority of our readers have no idea what the IGN Xbox editors are playing on a regular basis. We're changing that with a weekly look at what each of the four Xbox eds are playing. The list contains games we are playing for coverage purposes (anything that's yet to be released) as well as what we are playing for fun. And just for kicks, we're including the games we'd like to be playing.
18 Nuggets of DS Gold
April 3, 2009 - Despite teasing with its future DSi ambitions, Nintendo is launching its latest handheld revision with no DSi-specific software. Essentially, that means you'll have a harder time than usual justifying your near compulsive need to own this third hardware iteration. With the DSi Shop making little impact as an early proposition, we reasoned the past is as good a place to look as any. What better way to enjoy your brand new incremental upgrade than with a genuine gaming classic you missed first time around? Now on an ever-so-slightly larger screen! Of course, this might be your first foray into the world of DS too so, here, compiled through a mix of fevered research, critical consensus, personal taste and mere inexplicable whim, is IGN UK's inexhaustive personal pick of the current DS library. Think we've missed anything?


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by Mike Masnick
Wed, Dec 9th 2009 7:22pm
Filed Under:
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There's lots of buzz going around concerning the news that an AT&T exec has admitted that to deal with the companies own inability to build out a strong cellular network (angering tons of iPhone users), that it's planning to put in place caps and charge more to high-end users. Of course, this is pure bait and switch. The company sold people on an unlimited data plan, failed to invest in its network, and pushed high bandwidth apps on people. And, of course, it's worth noting that while they now want to charge high bandwidth users more, they don't say anything about the low bandwidth users. No one gets a discount. AT&T is making a ton of money off of the iPhone. It could have -- and should have -- invested more of that into network upgrades. Now it's blaming its most loyal users -- the same ones who it recommended high bandwidth apps to -- and expecting that everyone will be happy with that? AT&T may discover that people start looking for other alternatives if they dump the unlimited data offering that they sold people.
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Tue, Oct 20th 2009 11:11am
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Again? Wal-Mart's Straight Talk 'Unlimited' Mobile Data Plan Actually Quite Limited
from the that's-not-straight-talk dept
And I thought the days of companies claiming "unlimited" data plans when they really were very very limited had died out after Verizon Wireless got fined and started backing away from claiming "unlimited" data for plans that were actually quite limited. However, with Walmart teaming up with TracFone to offer the misleadingly-named "Straight Talk" mobile phone service, some are noticing the return of very limited mobile data offers advertised as "unlimited." As is pointed out in that link, beyond simply being flat-out wrong and more than a bit deceiving, it's pretty ridiculous for a brand called "Straight Talk" to lie in its advertising, and hide the details in the very very fine print.
by Mike Masnick
Tue, Apr 28th 2009 7:32am
Customer Discovers T-Mobile's 'Unlimited' SMS Plan Not So Unlimited Thanks To $26,000 Bill
from the well-that-clears-that-up dept
It's getting rather ridiculous to keep seeing companies offer "unlimited" services, only to later find out that they're not unlimited at all. Yakko Warner points out that this just happened to one guy in Pennsylvania, who along with a friend, tried to beat the world record for most text messages in a month (182,000) by messaging each other back and forth. They figured they were fine, because they each had unlimited text messaging plans, but after one of them sent 140,000 messages, he received a bill for $26,000 and learned that, for T-Mobile, "unlimited" actually means 100,000, and those additional 40,000 messages cost quite a pretty penny. To T-Mobile's credit, the company has agreed to let the charge slide, but it makes you wonder why it has that cap in the first place if it's advertising the service as unlimited (and then ignoring the cap when people pass it). Why not actually remove the limit?
by Mike Masnick
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 3:10pm
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T-Mobile Sends G1 Android Data Users To The Slow Lane: 50kbps Over 1 Gig
from the slow-lane dept
There's a ton of predictable press coverage and reviews of T-Mobile's new G1 phone -- the first commercially available phone that uses Google's Android operating system -- but Broadband Reports has dug through the fine print of the user agreement and noticed something rather interesting. While the marketing materials scream out about a $25 "unlimited" data plan, the fine print notes that if you go over 1Gig per month, the rest of your data traffic that month may be slowed down to a piddling 50kbps. So, before you get that G1 and plan to surf away, recognize that while, unlimited, T-Mobile apparently has no intention of letting you actually surf with any reasonable bandwidth after a certain point.
by Mike Masnick
Wed, Aug 27th 2008 4:01pm
Filed Under:
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Telus Kicks Customers Off Of Unlimited Plan It Sold Them Not Too Long Ago
from the how-dare-you-use-what-we-sold-you! dept
For the last few years, various connectivity providers sold "unlimited" data plans when the reality was the plans weren't unlimited at all. Many providers are now changing the plans and instituting more clear caps, but it still seems a bit ridiculous to have marketed unlimited data plans and then pulled the rug out from under those who bought exactly what you sold them. Up in Canada, it seems that TELUS is taking it a step further. Not only did it sell people "unlimited" plans that it now regrets, it's exercising some vague language in its contract that allows them to simply cancel the plans of those who had bought into the "unlimited" plan even just a short while ago. The company is forcing users to switch from a $75 unlimited plan to a $65 plan that is limited to just one GB per month, and dumping anyone who won't switch. That would seem to be a pretty strong bait-and-switch claim. Sure, perhaps the telcos oversold these unlimited plans, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be required to live up to what they sold.
by Mike Masnick
Tue, Oct 23rd 2007 5:40pm
Filed Under:
fines, limited, unlimited
Verizon Fined For Pretending That Limited Service Was Unlimited
from the watch-out-comcast... dept
Back in 2005, we noted that Verizon Wireless was following the tactics of others in advertising "unlimited" wireless broadband services, while the truth was they were quite limited. As people later worked out, despite the claim of "unlimited," VZW was cutting off anyone who used more than 5 gigs of data per month. That's pretty limited, actually. When confronted about this, the company tried to argue that by "unlimited" it really meant "It's unlimited amounts of data for certain types of data." And they followed it up with this gem: "It's very clear in all the legal materials we put out." Right, see, that's the legal materials -- the stuff you know no one reads. Yet in the marketing materials it's quite clear that you're claiming "unlimited" and that has a pretty clear meaning. After many such complaints, Verizon Wireless finally started to back down from the false claim of "unlimited" earlier this year. Turns out that it wasn't because of any realization that lying to your customers is a bad idea, but because NY State was investigating the practice. NY has now fined Verizon Wirelss $1 million to be given out to customers who had their service unfairly terminated for actually believing that "unlimited" meant "unlimited." Of course, Comcast might want to start paying attention right about now. While lawyers everywhere are rushing to file lawsuits over its decision to jam broadband user accounts, before that happened Comcast was famous for many, many years for being one of the biggest ISPs to lie about offering unlimited service. It's a story that comes up in the press every year or so, and every year Comcast gives its own doublespeak about how it only cuts off the worst "abusers." However, it's still false advertising to claim unlimited service when that's not what you supply -- and it's hardly "abuse" if people are merely doing what you told them they could do.
by Mike Masnick
Fri, Sep 21st 2007 1:33am
Filed Under:
limited, unlimited
bell canada
Perhaps Up North 'Unlimited' Means Something Different Than It Does Here
from the haven't-we-been-through-this-before dept
There's absolutely nothing wrong with a connectivity provider limiting how people use their connectivity -- as long as it's clearly laid out in how they pitch the service. Unfortunately, too many of these services advertise "unlimited" service, but mean the exact opposite. In the US, Verizon Wireless used to do this. When confronted on it, they tried to doubletalk their way around the issue, claiming that it was "unlimited data for limited types of data" (read that phrase a few times). However, eventually, Verizon Wireless realized how ridiculous this was and started to back off the claims of unlimited data. Unfortunately, that sort of thinking hasn't reached the folks at Bell Canada, who are apparently advertising an unlimited service, while hiding an awful lot of "limits" within the terms of service. Again, there's nothing wrong with them deciding they need to limit the service -- but if they're going to do so, they shouldn't be advertising it as unlimited. It's amazing that no one's been charged with false advertising for these types of misleading ads.


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Your day starts in Orlando with an all-you-can-eat breakfast. Then, it's off to join a team of manatee experts for a narrated boat cruise on the picturesque Crystal River, home to one of the world's largest populations of endangered West Indian manatees. You'll learn how this large, harmless aquatic mammal is under threat due to loss of habitat.
With your provided mask and snorkel, you are encouraged to go for a swim and snorkel with the manatees while under the guidance of certified dive masters!
After your cruise, enjoy a picnic-style lunch overlooking this beautiful sanctuary. Your adventure continues in the afternoon with an exhilarating 45-minute airboat tour on the Homosassa River. During your airboat ride, keep your eyes peeled for manatees and dolphins, as well as a host of other wildlife.
To end your day, you'll visit Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, famous throughout Florida for its efforts in rehabilitating injured animals. You'll see more manatees during an informative and entertaining feeding session with a park ranger. You can also see bears, panthers, alligators and even a hippo as you explore the rest of the park. Afterward, you'll be taken back to Orlando.
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UCF coach George O'Leary appeared on Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi's radio show on Thursday morning and spoke about the school's rivalry with USF and the shaky state of the Big East.
"Football drives the engine in the Big East, not basketball," O'Leary said on the show. "Basketball is known, the Big East [is known] in basketball but the revenue is in football. Seventy-three percent of the revenue came from football in the Big East, which is paying the bills. I think the powers that be know that."
O'Leary also touched on USF coach Willie Taggert's comments about owning the I-4 cooridor, essentially saying "show me, don't tell me."
The rivalry with USF will be good for UCF, O'Leary said, and he also hopes that the game between the two schools will be played on Thanksgiving weekend.
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Library news and happenings.
The availability of e-books through public libraries is ever changing.
Libraries, including KPL, offer downloadable e-books through a vendor–OverDrive. Publishers offer their titles to OverDrive, libraries purchase titles in e-book format through OverDrive, patrons download e-books to their device through their home library using the OverDrive technology.
Three of the major publishers have not allowed their titles to be purchased by public libraries through OverDrive: Macmillian, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette. Just this week, Penguin announced they too will no longer offer their titles in downloadable format for public libraries to purchase. (Read more)
With this move, Random House is the only big-six publisher allowing unrestricted access to its e-books through libraries. HarperCollins does work with libraries, but has implemented a limit of 26 uses or checkouts of the title before it must be "repurchased."
If you don't find a particular e-book title available for download though our catalog, quite likely it is from a publisher who will not sell to public libraries.
The American Library Association is continuing to talk with publishers about the future of e-book availability for lending through libraries. We, along with the entire library community, share your frustrations with this ever changing e-book situation, both the availability of titles and the process of downloading to various devices. Stay tuned.
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Female patient, born 1965, coming because she wanted guidance after a broken relationship, which left her with unresolved emotions of anger and sadness. She is bullimic since years. Chronic allergies, hayfever, cat's hair etc. After Zinc-p, she came out of the bullimic state and was emotionally grown into a rather adult state. Her physical complaints were much lessened resp. gone totally. FU over 1 1/2 years.


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FLORENCE — JP Morgan Chase is laying off 550 employees from its Florence office.
Spokeswoman Amy Bonitatibus said Thursday that fewer employees are needed because of a continued decline in delinquent loans and foreclosures, a specialty area for the Florence office.
JP Morgan Chase opened a mortgage division in Florence after it bought out Washington Mutual nearly five years ago. The cuts announced Thursday represent half of JP Morgan Chase's current workforce in Florence.
The company also laid off 300 workers in January. JP Morgan chase has scheduled job fairs in coming weeks to help employees find new work.


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Parenting with Cheryl Erwin
Listen to the latest episode
Air Date: 04/15/14
Be sure to visit Cheryl's website cherylerwin.com by clicking here.
Cheryl can be reached at 775-331-6723, or at firstname.lastname@example.com
Cheryl Erwin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has had a private practice working with children, teens, couples, and individuals in the Reno/Sparks area for almost 20 years. Cheryl is also the author or co-author of nine books on parenting and family life, including seven in the bestselling "Positive Discipline" series and the "Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Boys", the revised version of which is due in the fall of 2010. Cheryl is a popular speaker and trainer who has taught in Singapore, Australia, Canada, and across the United States.
She also works as the mental health consultant and family coach for Early Head Start in Reno and offers parent coaching, foster parent training, and other family support services in the Truckee Meadows.
Cheryl is married to David Ehrke, who is principal clarinet with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the University of Nevada, Reno music department faculty. She has a son, Philip, in his mid-twenties who lives and practices law in Las Vegas. Cheryl dreams of breaking 90 on the golf course, loves to mountain bike, ski, and kayak, and is an avid reader and knitter.
Past Episodes
Anxious Children
Air Date: 04/15/14
What To Do If Your Child Is Stealing
Air Date: 04/08/14
Is Homework Necessary?
Air Date: 04/01/14
School Stress
Air Date: 03/25/14
In Your Child's Shoes
Air Date: 03/18/14
Air Date: 03/11/14
Air Date: 03/04/14
Nurtured by Nature
Air Date: 02/25/14
When Parents Should Butt Out
Air Date: 02/11/14
Deciphering a child's behavior
Air Date: 02/04/14
A. D. D. Nation
Air Date: 01/28/14
Kids screen time in this generation
Air Date: 01/21/14
Promoting Independence
Air Date: 01/14/14
What to do when your kids say they are bored.
Air Date: 01/07/14
Air Date: 12/31/13
Doing Too Much
Air Date: 12/24/13
Play Matters
Air Date: 12/17/13
What Do Children Really Need?
Air Date: 12/10/13
The Three "Rs" and One "H"
Air Date: 12/03/13
Air Date: 11/26/13
Air Date: 11/19/13
Discouraged Parents
Air Date: 11/12/13
Who Can Stop a Bully?
Air Date: 10/29/13
Connection before Correction
Air Date: 10/22/13
Do you have a "stuff" problem?
Air Date: 10/15/13
Power Struggles When Kids Won't Listen
Air Date: 10/08/13
Critical Thinking
Air Date: 10/01/13
Air Date: 09/24/13
Act, Don't Talk
Air Date: 09/17/13
Hurry Up!
Air Date: 09/10/13
Body Image
Air Date: 09/03/13
Air Date: 08/27/13
Children in the Bed
Air Date: 08/13/13
Should your kids always be happy?
Air Date: 08/06/13
The Family Meeting
Air Date: 07/30/13
Is your child expecting you to solve all his problems?
Air Date: 07/23/13
Some Thoughts on Laughter
Air Date: 07/16/13
Dealing With Anger
Air Date: 07/09/13
Not all adults are natural parents.
Air Date: 07/02/13
Emotional Intelligence for Kids
Air Date: 06/18/13
Kids and Fads
Air Date: 06/11/13
Air Date: 06/04/13
Helping children become better problem solvers.
Air Date: 05/28/13
Parenting in the Digital Age
Air Date: 05/21/13
When Should Parents Butt Out?
Air Date: 05/14/13
Morning Hassles
Air Date: 05/07/13
Infinite Campus
Air Date: 04/30/13
Separation Anxiety
Air Date: 04/23/13
Air Date: 04/16/13
Air Date: 04/09/13
Stay-at-Home Moms
Air Date: 04/02/13
Crying It Out
Air Date: 03/26/13
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Air Date: 03/19/13
Are We Obsessed with Blame?
Air Date: 03/12/13
When Teens Respond to Pain by Harming Themselves
Air Date: 03/05/13
Kids and Sports
Air Date: 02/26/13
Kids and Pets
Air Date: 02/19/13
Some Thoughts on My Son's Marriage
Air Date: 02/12/13
Belonging and Significance.
Air Date: 02/05/13
Placing children in competition
Air Date: 01/29/13
Children's programming
Air Date: 01/22/13
Gag order.
Air Date: 01/15/13
Middle School.
Air Date: 01/08/13
Parenting wishes for the New Year
Air Date: 01/01/13
Change is good. Change is hard.
Air Date: 12/18/12
Teaching children about gratitude, generosity, and sensitivity.
Air Date: 12/11/12
Dinner around the family table.
Air Date: 12/04/12
Overbearing children.
Air Date: 11/27/12
Black Friday Shopping.
Air Date: 11/20/12
Family meetings.
Air Date: 11/13/12
Keeping relationships strong when children are divided between parents.
Air Date: 11/06/12
Wealth and Happiness.
Air Date: 10/30/12
The difference between firmness and kindness.
Air Date: 10/23/12
Power Struggles.
Air Date: 10/16/12
Air Date: 10/09/12
When to NOT get involved
Air Date: 10/02/12
Gifted children in our school system.
Air Date: 09/25/12
Motivating your children through good training.
Air Date: 09/18/12
Q-TIP = Quit Taking it Personally.
Air Date: 09/11/12
Sometimes telling isn't the most effective way.
Air Date: 09/04/12
Punishment and Reward
Air Date: 08/28/12
(Rebroadcast) Television use is on the rise for children.
Air Date: 08/21/12
Change is good, change is hard.
Air Date: 08/14/12
Humor in parenting.
Air Date: 08/07/12
Controlling anger.
Air Date: 07/31/12
Air Date: 07/24/12
Child abuse laws.
Air Date: 07/17/12
Television use is on the rise for children.
Air Date: 07/10/12
Air Date: 07/03/12
Affordable vs. effective child care.
Air Date: 06/26/12
Being present.
Air Date: 06/19/12
Coaxing children to do something.
Air Date: 06/12/12
Child abuse and discipline.
Air Date: 06/05/12
Getting kids outside more.
Air Date: 05/29/12
Air Date: 05/22/12
Entitlement among children.
Air Date: 05/15/12
Teaching children about gratitude and generosity.
Air Date: 05/08/12
Following Through.
Air Date: 05/01/12
Leaving technology alone when we are with our children.
Air Date: 04/24/12
Allowance and financial decisions for your children.
Air Date: 04/17/12
Making sure your child knows you love them.
Air Date: 04/10/12
How to approach mistakes made as a parent.
Air Date: 04/03/12
What do people mean when they call for more discipline?
Air Date: 03/27/12
Lying and cheating in society.
Air Date: 03/20/12
Empathy is real in humans.
Air Date: 03/13/12
Effects of Television.
Air Date: 03/06/12
What is a parent's role in rearing a child?
Air Date: 02/28/12
Parents don't always know what to do.
Air Date: 02/21/12
Effects of Yelling in the Family.
Air Date: 02/14/12
Step Families
Air Date: 02/07/12
Can you make someone behave?
Air Date: 01/31/12
Childhood Obesity
Air Date: 01/24/12
Obesity in children
Air Date: 01/17/12
Multitasking side effects
Air Date: 01/10/12
Challenges of Middle School
Air Date: 01/03/12
Parenting wishes for 2012
Air Date: 12/27/11
Taking on too many activities
Air Date: 12/20/11
Life with Children
Air Date: 12/13/11
What your child needs for Christmas
Air Date: 12/06/11
Air Date: 11/29/11
Air Date: 11/15/11
Children coming out of their cocoon
Air Date: 11/08/11
Bonus Time Together
Air Date: 11/01/11
What happens when your kid turns 18?
Air Date: 10/25/11
Torn between two parents
Air Date: 10/18/11
Is your child overbooked?
Air Date: 10/11/11
What is Attention Deficit Disorder Anyway?
Air Date: 10/04/11
The Power of Touch
Air Date: 09/27/11
Nevada's Crisis Call Center
Air Date: 09/20/11
Gifted and Talented Kids
Air Date: 09/13/11
Air Date: 09/06/11
The process of writing
Air Date: 08/30/11
Failure to Launch
Air Date: 08/23/11
Air Date: 08/16/11
Profound loss and childhood trauma
Air Date: 08/09/11
Plugged-in Parenting
Air Date: 08/02/11
Emerging Adulthood
Air Date: 07/26/11
A Sense of Belonging
Air Date: 07/19/11
Air Date: 07/12/11
Air Date: 07/05/11
Air Date: 06/28/11
Overprotective Parents 2
Air Date: 06/21/11
Overprotective Parents
Air Date: 06/14/11
Air Date: 06/07/11
Act versus React
Air Date: 05/31/11
Air Date: 05/24/11
In Children's Shoes
Air Date: 05/17/11
Sacred Space
Air Date: 05/10/11
Giving you kids and allowance
Air Date: 05/03/11
When to take a stand
Air Date: 04/26/11
Carrots and Sticks
Air Date: 04/19/11
Unstructured play
Air Date: 04/12/11
Positive Time Out
Air Date: 04/05/11
Assigning Blame
Air Date: 03/29/11
Why real conversation with kids is so important
Air Date: 03/22/11
What to do about kids behaving badly in restaurants
Air Date: 03/15/11
Balancing Work and Family
Air Date: 03/08/11
Girls and Bullying
Air Date: 03/01/11
Air Date: 02/22/11
Tiger Mom or Pushover Parent?
Air Date: 02/15/11
Backing Off
Air Date: 02/08/11
Flipping Your Lid
Air Date: 02/01/11
Play Matters
Air Date: 01/25/11
Parents Change First
Air Date: 01/18/11
Turning 18
Air Date: 01/11/11
Flat Daddies
Air Date: 01/04/11
Setting Limits
Air Date: 12/28/10
Courage to be Imperfect
Air Date: 12/21/10
Air Date: 12/14/10
Air Date: 12/07/10
Swearing and Bad Behavior
Air Date: 11/30/10
Air Date: 11/23/10
Air Date: 11/16/10
Bullying 2
Air Date: 11/09/10
Air Date: 11/02/10
Sleep Deprivation 2
Air Date: 10/26/10
Birth Order
Air Date: 10/19/10
Air Date: 10/05/10
Air Date: 09/28/10
Emerging Adulthood
Air Date: 09/22/10
Plugged-In Parenting
Air Date: 09/14/10
Homework 2
Air Date: 08/31/10
Connection before Correction
Air Date: 08/24/10
Air Date: 08/17/10
Picky Eaters
Air Date: 08/10/10
Air Date: 08/03/10
Act Don't Talk
Air Date: 07/27/10
Pediatric Sleep Issues
Air Date: 07/20/10
Air Date: 07/13/10
The Power of Words
Air Date: 07/06/10
Children in the Bed
Air Date: 06/30/10
Mothers and Sons
Air Date: 06/22/10
Life Skills
Air Date: 06/14/10
Single Parenting
Air Date: 06/07/10
Grandparents raising grandkids
Air Date: 06/02/10


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A quick and easy dinner that is also low in fat, this chicken casserole is perfect for busy nights.
Submitted by LYZ219
Carbs: 15.8g | Fat: 7.3g | Fiber: 3.1g | Protein: 36.8g | Calories: 284.2
Very Good 4.6/5
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Chicken breasts stay juicy and healthy as they are baked rather than fried.
Submitted by SWTSWT
Carbs: 14.2g | Fat: 5g | Fiber: 1g | Protein: 30.1g | Calories: 230.7
Very Good 4.1/5
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These are a yummy treat, hard not to over indulge! I got this from the Kraft Foods website
Submitted by CSHOLL24
Carbs: 5.6g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 3.6g | Calories: 87.8
Good 3.8/5
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I found this in a "Fix it and Forget it Lightly" crock pot cook book
Submitted by FREDDIE32
Carbs: 56.5g | Fat: 2.1g | Fiber: 3.7g | Protein: 22.9g | Calories: 341.1
This is one of my family's very favorite dinners. One of the best things about this recipe is how easy it is to adjust to your own tastes. I entered it in with my true ingredients, which are SPICY! If you don't like it super spicy, adjust your ratio of Sweet Thai chili sauce (found in the grocery store asian food section) and the spicy Sambal Oelek (found in the same section). Try 1/4 cup of sambal oelek and 3/4 cup sweet chili sauce. Also very good with skinless chicken thighs, trimmed. I just ordered PB2 and am looking forward to trying it with this recipe, to cut the fat back even further!
Submitted by MISSRED1970
Carbs: 15.8g | Fat: 14.5g | Fiber: 2g | Protein: 20.2g | Calories: 268.1
Very Good 4.4/5
(69 ratings)
Very tasty and easy to make
Submitted by BUSYCHARLES
Carbs: 14.5g | Fat: 2g | Fiber: 5.1g | Protein: 11.1g | Calories: 118.6
Submitted by SHANNJ77
Carbs: 46g | Fat: 2.5g | Fiber: 5.6g | Protein: 24.6g | Calories: 286.4
Make your Easter table extra special this year with this tried-and-true recipe for classic honey-baked ham!
Carbs: 26.2g | Fat: 5.4g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 5.7g | Calories: 166.9
Lemony coriander and smoky cumin pair perfectly with sharp Cheddar in this grown-up spin on scalloped potatoes.
Submitted by STEPFANIER
Carbs: 20.9g | Fat: 4.2g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 5.5g | Calories: 139.8
We love shredding this sweet and savory chicken to turn it into tacos, but it's also delicious as is with a side of grilled veggies.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 33.8g | Fat: 3.4g | Fiber: 3.5g | Protein: 27.5g | Calories: 264.8
This light recipe is great for lunch, supper, or both. It serves eight, so cook once and eat twice!
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 24.6g | Fat: 8.8g | Fiber: 4.5g | Protein: 15.5g | Calories: 230.7
This quick and healthy Zucchini Parmesan recipe takes just minutes to prepare! And as a bonus, it's an easy way to get the kids to eat their vegetables.
Submitted by MATCM81
Carbs: 7.3g | Fat: 1.6g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 3.2g | Calories: 51.6
Very Good 4.9/5
(9 ratings)
A great side or topping to any mexican meal!
Submitted by TEASJOURNEY
Carbs: 5.7g | Fat: 0.7g | Fiber: 1g | Protein: 0.8g | Calories: 27.6
Penne Pasta Salad
Submitted by HEIDI14DAN
Carbs: 28.3g | Fat: 2.3g | Fiber: 5.4g | Protein: 9.1g | Calories: 162.9
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Yummy Pizza without the delivery charges!!
Submitted by KATSHEAVEN
Carbs: 24.7g | Fat: 24.9g | Fiber: 9.6g | Protein: 40.1g | Calories: 456.1
This is a very easy and inexpensive recipe to make!
Submitted by VEHAMILTON1
Carbs: 170.7g | Fat: 10.2g | Fiber: 32.9g | Protein: 19.9g | Calories: 1618.6
Easy to make whole wheat bread that is soft, rises well and doesn't taste like a brick!
Submitted by HOTVEGANMOMMA
Carbs: 30.5g | Fat: 0.7g | Fiber: 4.7g | Protein: 5.3g | Calories: 140.3
4 ingredients, 20 minutes and dinner is served! If you're looking for the perfect boneless pork chops recipe, this is it!
Submitted by LINJEN
Carbs: 18.4g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 19.9g | Calories: 204.3
Brown rice that's ready when you are--and packed with flavor
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 24.9g | Fat: 1g | Fiber: 2.4g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 119.4
I can't get enough of this easy recipe; it's ready in 15 minutes!The still-runny egg yolk adds a creaminess to the sauce and perfectly mixes with the spinach.
Submitted by STEPFANIER
Carbs: 53.9g | Fat: 6.5g | Fiber: 6.9g | Protein: 18.1g | Calories: 337.3


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The Capital One Bowl has announced that Nebraska will play Georgia in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 1.
The Capital One Bowl kicks off at 12 p.m. CST and is televised by ABC.
The appearance in the Capital One Bowl will be Nebraska's third trip to the Orlando bowl game. The Huskers participated in the contest following the 1990 season against Georgia Tech. Last season, Nebraska took on South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl, falling 30-13 to the Gamecocks.
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Georgia makes its sixth appearance in the Capital One Bowl, its last coming in a 2009 victory over Michigan State. The Bulldogs won the SEC East for the second year in a row.
The trip to the Capital One Bowl is Nebraska's 49th all-time bowl appearance which is tied with USC and Tennessee for the third-most bowl appearances in the nation.
Tickets for the game are $87 and $92 and tickets will go on sale to the general public at 9 p.m. Sunday at Huskers.com. Nebraska will receive an allotment of 12,500 tickets for the game. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone beginning Monday morning by calling the Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office at 1-800-8-BIG RED.
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Travis Lutter with Mike Van Ars Dale
First it was Silva, then Riggs, and now Dave Terrell bows out of UFC 54 "Boiling Point" vs Trevor Prangley with an injury. Taking his place is rumored to be Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Travis Lutter (6-2) who gets a chance at redemption as his last outing he ended up being choked out at UFC 52 by #1 contender, Matt Lindland at UFC 52. Lutter is 1-1 in the UFC with a win over Marvin Eastman via KO in his UFC debut, and a loss to Matt Lindland.
Trevor Prangley is coming off of 4 straignt wins including victories over Andrei Semenov, Matt Howitch, and Curtis Stout, this fight is interesting because both fighters have been associated with the world famous Lions Den in the past but it appears that they will put that aside for the time being and fight on August 20th at the MGM grand in Las Vegas Nevada.


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Again stocks closed lower on Wall Street with investors worried that the economy was stuck in a terrible rut.
Two major catalysts dragged the market into negative territory.
First, the central bank said it would keep buying $40 billion in mortgage-backed debt per month to push interest rates lower. The Fed also repeated its vow to keep interest rates near zero until mid-2015.
Although that may sound bullish, largely pros interpreted the statement as a sign the Fed was worried that the economy was fragile – perhaps too fragile for a sustained recovery to endure.
Also, more weak earnings outlooks and top-line revenue misses from large multinational companies reignited worries about a slowing global economy.
Is the market in trouble?
Trader Guy Adami thinks it is. The managing director of stockMONSTER.com feels it's largely overvalued.
"I do not think historical multiples are appropriate considering where we are now in the world," said the Fast Money pro.
In other words the market may no longer trade at a 14.5 or 15 multiple because the global economy is slowing "to the point where that's no longer the right multiple."
Instead Adami thinks the market should trade at a 12 or 13 multiple. "And I think the S&P earns $100 – you do the math!"
Not everyone is as bearish as Adami. Trader Tim Seymour is relatively bullish. The founder of EmergingMoney.com, sees green shoots.
China's manufacturing sector hit a three-month high in October on stronger new orders data, according to a key initial reading released Wednesday.
Also, sales of new U.S. single-family homes soared in September to the highest level in nearly 2-1/2 years, offering more evidence that the housing market's recovery is improving.
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50-for-50 interview: Eden M. Kennedy, erudite yogini and blogging pioneerPosted: July 27, 2011 | Author: communicatrix | Filed under: Interviews | Tags: authors, bloggers |Leave a comment
If Eden M. Kennedy is not one of the principal reasons why I decided to start blogging, she is certainly one of the principal reasons I decided I would have to do it well, if I did it at all. Her outstanding blog has been around since the Flint-Arrowhead-and-Space-Food-Sticks days of the Internet, and has held to a standard of excellence in writing, thinking, and design that puts the modern plug-'n'-pay blogging world to shame. What's more, Eden manages to do everything she does with a mix of style and true compassion for the planet we probably haven't seen in one person since Audrey Hepburn. Ergo, if Eden didn't make me laugh so hard, I'd probably have to hate her.
When did you decide to become a writer?
When I was around ten years old a friend of mine told me she wanted to be a writer when she grew up, and I was all, "What? How is writing even a JOB?" But it was around the same time that I fell in love with reading, after discovering Bambi by Felix Salton, which I read about a dozen times in fifth and sixth grade. All that said, I don't think I ever decided I wanted to "be" a writer, I just write. It's my primary form of expression. More words come out of my fingers in the course of a day than come out of my mouth. There's no purer form of communication for me.
Who was your favorite teacher?
Miss Macaluso. She taught my 11th-grade English class, and she was one of the warmest, most encouraging teachers I ever had. She thought I didn't work hard enough (I didn't) but she laughed at my juvenile sense of humor, and when I'd compose poetry all over her chalkboard after school, she'd leave it up for everyone to read the next day.
What do you love to write about?
My favorite thing to write about is reality. Or, more to the point, MY reality. Whenever something unusual happens to me, or occurs to me, I want to find a way to turn it over and look at it from all the most interesting angles. Exploring something ordinary and finding a new twist in the topic, that makes me so happy. I wrote about a can of dog food the other day. It may not go down in history next to Shakespeare, but I felt like I'd written about dog food in a way I'd never seen before. I felt like I'd completed a really weird crossword puzzle, that's the kind of satisfaction it gave me.
What has writing taught you?
It's taught me that the first thing that I put down on the page is just my brain-engine warming up. Ninety percent of the time I end up cutting my first paragraph, because it's just me yapping about how I'm going to write, but I'm not actually saying anything yet. So writing has taught me not to be satisfied with the first idea I have, because it's just a warm-up act for the real thing I want and need to write about that's still waiting behind the curtain.
How has writing made you stronger?
I was often angry as a kid and I didn't know how to deal with it, so it would come out in weird ways — I'd get really quiet, or I'd be mean to someone, or I'd shove my feelings down because I didn't know how to express them honestly, which resulted in me going numb, and then becoming incredibly insecure. Writing helped wake my feelings up again, and helped me to express things I didn't know how to say. One of my favorite quotes about writers is, "A writer is someone who hides his secrets in print." Writing is one way to take a raw feeling and turn it into something more powerful, or beautiful, or funny than it would be if it was just you screaming into your pillow.
If you could go back in time and tell 10-year-old you anything, what would it be?
In a couple of years you're going to spend a lot of time figuring out how to get in with the cute, blond, popular crowd. It's not going to work. You're just going confuse those people, and everyone else will vote you into student council because they clearly see that's where you belong. Don't fight it. Nerd out.
What are your five favorite books, blogs or things to read?
Nonfiction: A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
Fiction: Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
Blog: The Trephine
Magazine: The New Yorker
Currently reading: Don't Let's Go Down to the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
Eden M. Kennedy is the author of the Web site Fussy.org, which has been featured in The San Francisco Chronicle and The New York Times and celebrated as one of the top ten parenting blogs by The Wall Street Journal. With Alice Bradley, she is the co-author of the best-selling Let's Panic About Babies!, from the popular blog of the same name. Eden has written for PBS's Remotely Connected blog and Babble.com, and her work has appeared in several anthologies. A former bookseller and magazine editor, she lives with her family in Southern California.


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What roleplaying games (either in-print or out-of-print) explicitly put the focus on the immersion into a character, relegating other activities (such as combat) to lesser status in the system? Of those, how do their mechanics reward roleplaying?
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That is a huge, huge question. The sheer number of games out there is beyond listing, but judging by your handle you're looking for games that are at least superficially-similar to D&D and that trims the field down some.
There are two broad categories of roleplaying games based on how they emphasise the roleplaying over roleplay-free mechanics management. The first category is of games that tie a character's mechanical effectiveness to the player's roleplaying. (Yes, written like that it sounds daft. But patience—it can be done in an intuitive and sensible way.)
The second category is of games that make the player choose between the optimal mechanical choice and the optimal roleplaying choice. Games like this emphasise roleplaying by making the easy mechanical choice result in "fallout" for the character that the player just might not really want.
What both types of games accomplish is facing the player with roleplay-related choices that are embedded in the mechanics, so when they are doing something innocuous in a typical game (like mowing down orcs), the mechanics that they use to do so include reminders of their current and past roleplaying choices.
Some examples are in order. I'll give three. The first two are examples of systems that incentivise roleplaying by tying it to mechanical effectiveness. The last is an example of a system that makes characters mechanically effective by default, but makes optimal mechanical choices be roleplaying sub-optimal, forcing the player to think about what roleplaying costs they're willing to endure for success.
This is an example of the first kind of system: roleplay makes the character more mechanically effective.
In The Riddle of Steel, the combat system is quite lethal for even skilled characters—poor choices during a fight can very easily leave a character open to a lethal strike. However, PCs have a set of Passions that the player has chosen to reflect the kind of person the character is, as well as to reflect the goals and drives of the character. (e.g., one Passion might be "Baron DoEvil must die for what he did to my family"; another might be "I will become the most feared mercenary on the Ember Coast".)
When what the character is doing is advancing one or more of their five Passions, they add a substantial modifier for each Passion that is "in play" during that roll. The system is such that, with only two of the five Passions "in play", a player can have an effective bonus of up to (say) 200%; obviously that becomes greater with more Passions firing. The catch is that the bonus from a given Passion starts at zero and increases only when the PC makes a choice because of that Passion, even if the choice might be an objectively bad choice from an "optimal" point of view. Passions then become something that the player must roleplay, or the lethal combat system will quickly end the character.
Hence, to properly powergame the system, the players must roleplay early and often or be left behind (or dead) by the more diligent roleplayers.
In Burning Wheel (a skill-based system), characters often face challenges that are statistically impossible to succeed at with their current skill level, and facing down such "impossible" odds are necessary to advance their skills. In order to have a chance at these challenges, they must use the system's equivalent of Fate points to add to their die pools. However, to earn these Fate points, they must roleplay into their character's Beliefs.
Beliefs are life philosophies (e.g., "A good knight is merciful to his enemies") or character goals (e.g., "I am the true heir; I will have King DoEvil killed and take my rightful throne back") that represent the core of what the character is "about" and why they're interesting enough to be the main characters of the game. Roleplaying the Beliefs and making choices to further those Beliefs (especially when it causes trouble, because trouble is fun) earns Fate points.
Also, by writing down Beliefs, the player clearly shows the GM what sort of "impossible" challenges the player is interested in ("killing the king by stealth? then maybe there should be a castle infiltration!"). The system is such that these big, game-changing actions are within the player's reach, but only if they're willing to pay those Fate points to make the rolls succeed. Which, of course, earns them more Fate points, which encourages them to use them to earn more Fate points by pursuing their Beliefs, etc.
In Apocalypse World, characters are very capable and can pretty much have whatever they want—provided they're willing to "break a few eggs" and deal with the consequences of their choices. Most of this operates on the GM's side of the screen, but it's made clear to the players.
For example, when a player misses a roll, one of the options the GM has is to offer the player what they were trying for anyway, but at an unexpected cost. For example, the player might be trying to convince the leader of a fortified holding to lend the use of their manufacturing facilities so the character can repair their armoured truck. The player misses the roll, and GM responds by offering a hard choice: they can use the MFG facility, but only if they agree to help the hold's leader by driving their truck in a raid on the tribe to the north with which the character has already agreed to an alliance. Does the player turn down the hold leader and try to fix their truck some other way, or do they betray their new friends to the north?
Because the system is structured such that the players are constantly faced with such decisions by the task mechanics and by the GM, and "getting what they want" is often attached to unsavoury consequences, the character is defined incrementally with each dilemma answered. The game is further built to emphasise player choices by making them unfreighted by the GM's plot—the game gives GMs tools to make on-the-fly plotting work really well, so that the players truly have free reign to choose, and so define whether they are upstanding people, opportunistic scum, or some nuanced shade between.
The exact how of many of these system can't be easily captured in anything smaller than the rulebooks themselves, but hopefully this gives a broad idea of how a game that is not unlike D&D might make the roleplaying front-and-centre for the players.
Based upon what you've phrased the question as, I can recommend several with different approaches to the issue of getting more story and less mechanics...
Tunnels and Trolls (T&T) 5th Ed
The mechanics are very simple. By having such simple mechanics as it does, it turns to one of a few modes of play:
1) Very descriptive - players describe all sorts of silliness and wild actions, calling for the GM to devise the saving roll difficulties on the fly, and then to describe the success or failure thereof.
2) Very methodical - the GM keeps lists of prior SR calls, as per #1... but this tends to bog down play, or reward repeated actions, based upon GM personality. Can be fun, but tones down the wild-and-wooly nature T&T is noted for...
3) Mechanistic - The GM and/or players simply go through the very bland mechanical motions, with little or no description of the actions. Very bland, very boring.
Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes Same base engine as T&T, but with skills, and set in the "modern" world (really, it's early 20th C noir...).
A little more on the mechanics, but everything that I said about T&T applies to it.
Another "Rules Light" but in a HUGE volume this time. Lots of it is setting. The rules are very clear. The game uses mechanical "passions", which, if you play them will shape to how you play them and also will shape how you play the character. Sometimes, they dictate how your character acts (you can chose to act against them in some cases, with penalties for so doing). Most of the time, if you take an act that's out of character, you risk it changing.
For each character, many of these traits have mechanical effects. Knights have a chivalry bonus for keeping certain of them at high levels. All characters have a religious bonus, which varies by faith, with 6 of the traits chosen.
There are 14 opposed pairs. So long as neither side is more than 20, the right side is 20- the left side; if one side goes above 20, the other stays a zero.
Passions are unpaired. They can be used to overcome one's traits, or to compel the player to act (if they don't, the risk madness or losing the passion). If, for example, your liege orders you to abandon your Horse, you can: obey, getting a chance to raise Loyalty (Lord); Disobey, losing a point; Roll for it, and if made you obey, but if failed, refuse.
Since the reward system provides benefits from high traits and passions, and players have to act in accord with them to keep them up, and acting against them can lower them.
Notes: I couldn't find the manufacturer's site. I recommend 4th edition, personally. The book of Knights is a short form, and is just enough to run the game. the big 4E PDF is awesomeness, and if you can find 4E in dead tree, it's worthy. 4E is also the only edition with a magic system....
Burning Wheel And its relatives: Burning Empires and Mouse Guard. (same site, really)
With its focus on reward cycles, if the GM keeps to the mechanics, it produces a rather odd, somtimes sort of stilted, but VERY intense character-driven game.
It's not rules light; far from it. The rules do encourage certain types of play, and the dice become VERY dramatic. Part of the system is the players writing their beliefs and goals, so that the GM has a clear idea of where the player wants the character poked and prodded.
Duel of Wits is intense; it's also somewhat stilted, a lot of fun, and if players are descriptive, a very cool means of taking the player's debate and oration skills out of the character's ability to orate and debate, but without making it just a die-roll.
Houses of the Blooded and Blood and Honor
The mechanics control who gets to narrate the results, rather than who succeeds. It's really quite a different approach, but it can be quite interesting. (I'm running B&H right now... 3 sessions in... and it's been EXTREMELY description focused.) The amount of player input into the narrative, however, can be off-putting to some, as the game literally robs the GM of control at least half the time.
An example of how it works:
Either one could be the GM; the only difference is the GM has lots of characters, and the freedom to introduce new ones when appropriate, while players have to introduce new characters by various mechanical means.
This is a fairly rules light game, despite the massive tome of rulebook. Simple systems, with lots of text describing setting and mechanics clearly.
The mechanics are, much like T&T, very simple, very consistent, and (at least like T&T 5.x) very easily digested. LOADS of spells in the samples (and they are JUST that, samples, for getting a feel for the power levels so you can build your own). And they specifically give bonuses for when the GM thinks you've been creative or described well. It's not a strong bonus, but it's constant presence makes the game much better.
Plus, in 3rd ed, it's Troupe Style... everyone takes turns GMing. With everyone a part-time GM, everyone either gets more narrative, or a few get burned out on it. Successful Ars Magica groups, however, describe a lot, specifically because the system is very bland if run in just mechanical "I attack him; rolling stress die plus 4...."
The ones I've listed I know from personal experience have the desired effect of getting players to describe more, and engage more with setting rather than by minis-style or boardgame-style combat. Many others exist that do similar, but I've not played most of them.
Further, Houses of the Blooded, Blood and Honor, Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard, and Burning Empires all give players strong inputs to the group dynamic. Ars Magic 3rd ed, due to troupe style, makes everyone in the group the GM part time, so the whole is a shared world.
Another game that tends to result in fairly story-focused play is Legend of the Five Rings... Like its cousin, 7th Sea, it is fairly traditional rules semi-light, pretty much point build, but has classes of a sort, as well (Schools).
Because, like several others listed, it's inherent dice mechanics are very flexible, but the mechanical approach results in very bland play, and the setting is one where social skills are essential (when played as intended, at least), it all encourages, weakly, story focused play.
It does, however, suffer from zillions of special cases (each school's abilities are each a special case rule unto themselves, ranging from one line to almost a page each), and tons of setting fluff, and expensive books.
Amber Diceless Roleplaying
Conflict resolution is entirely done through description and dialogue. Characters have a wide array of powers and abilities, and it's a pretty rich setting which gives them plenty of options as to how they chose to tackle challenges and overcome obstacles. However the actual conflict resolution mechanism is very deterministic.
If you're better than another character at a given activity, you are always better than them (unless you buy it up higher) so all things being equal you will always eventualy win at it. The operative words are 'all things being equal' and 'eventually'. Being successful in Amber means being clever, making sure other factors aren't all equal and using time and pacing to either give yourself more options or deny them to your opponent. However this is all done either in-characetr or in narative descriptive mode. There are no dice or lookup tables, so you're roleplaying practicaly all the time, or at least with a roleplaying-to-"OOC chat" ratio that's higher than any other game I've played.


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Taveras played the entire 2012 season at Springfield and was highly-celebrated, despite skipping the A-Advanced level. The 20-year-old earned Texas League Player of the Year honors while leading the Double-A Cardinals to their first Texas League crown since rejoining the league in 2005.
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[quote user="masha4ever"]after i saw the interview i just keen on her much more ( if that is possible ), she is a human been that all us should admire, she is so powerfull and right with herself and with her opponents. remember when t golovin losse at masha, she said that masha noise has deconcerted her...but look just what bambi is saying now: she totally asume the loose and said that is her faul she doesn`t come with excusses like others...i just love that girl...and i will always do....so come on guys we have to be with her.cause there is no doubt that she suffer[/quote]
despite she lost---we all know she's disappointed by it--she's looking forward for her future matches and that serves as her strength to move on and do better...and that's exactly the spirit of a true competitor!!!
we all gonna be here for you maria through ups and downs of life!!
cheer up!!
[quote user="Saint"]we/Maria will get over it, it's just something that when you think back on this over a few year you just think like: ah damn it...[/quote]
I agree. Losing is just a part of life and we will all get over it sooner or later. I already think Maria is lookin to the next tournament
Yes, y r right! losing is just part of life. It's how you lose and pick up your lost to do better distinguish between good and great!
I hope she is not thinking of the next tournament yet! it's time to sit back and analyse what just happened here and try to solve it, prepare better team, better game plan, especially the mental aspect of it!
Face it she knows how to play tennis but what to do to progress to the next level that matter most at this point, I think anyway!
Right now, even Sheer is moving better than her! no joke! it's not funny! :(
Yeh i agree Maria needs to work on her play, I think if she concentrates on playing deep and with power and also on her serve she will be a lot better than the match that we just saw.
To help her mental game i think she would benefit from a break, a little holiday, so then she will come back refreshed and focused.
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I'm glad you called and got checked out. And I hope everything turns out alright.
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Apparently the source of my bleeding was caused by a partial placental abruption, not in fact previa, and I will remain in the hospital and I've gotten the corticosteroid shots for the baby's lungs. The baby is not showing serious signs of distress, however is not moving as much as she/he used to which concerns the doctor. She says there is a high possibility of a Caesarean section within the next 48 hours if the baby's condition worsens.
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Norwood's Jon Sapp will oversee the design and construction of the new park. He is looking for donations of clean fill dirt for the BMX trails, while Wells will begin the bidding process for pouring a slab of concrete for the skateboard park. Once the concrete is in place, the town will begin installing equipment, which will include two quarterpipes, a stair wedge, two grind rails, a grind box, a flat wedge and a covered mini ramp. A volunteer work day will likely be planned.
Although a one mil levy on property taxes to support the Wright's Mesa Recreation District was approved in November, the funding -- an estimated $133,000 -- will not start coming in until 2010. In the meantime, the rec district will use the $15,000 awarded by GOCO to begin planning future projects and ultimately secure future grants.
According to District President Ken Watts, the money will allow them to bring in a consultant to analyze potential projects in the area based on existing properties and amenities. A master plan will be created, and a regulation-size baseball field will possibly be one of the district's first projects.
GOCO grant money comes from the sale of Colorado lottery tickets and is used to help fund park and recreation projects within the state. In 2009, GOCO funded 55 projects in 34 counties, totaling $9.6 million -- $1.6 million more than originally anticipated. Three other regional projects also received GOCO grants: $350,000 to purchase the Bray Ranch for county open space; $20,000 for Town of Telluride park bleachers; and $36,000 for a Town of Ophir park addition.
Fresh Pickin's at Norwood Farmers Market
The third season of the Norwood Farm and Craft Market season is well underway, offering fresh, regionally grown food and crafts every Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Pig Palace at the San Miguel County Fairgrounds.
If you were unable to stop by last week you missed beautiful Tigrinum lilies, organic sweet Rainer cherries, grass-feed beef and pork, sunflower salad greens, herb and vegetable plants, eggs, lettuce, strawberry rhubarb turnovers, alpaca wool scarves, and lampwork beaded jewelry. More items are being added each week, and it's a great place to pick up a light breakfast, complete with coffee, while socializing with friends.
Anyone interested in becoming a market vendor should contact Margie Huebner at 327-0570 or Louise Meier at 864-7382. With qualified products, market vendors can purchase space to sell their wares for $10.
UC San Miguel Summer Class Offerings
Telluride's University Centers of the San Miguel has many classes, both credited and non-credited, for regional students.
In its business series, the school is offering The Financial Crisis: A study of the current economic situation, and how to move forward with instructor Judith Thompson. The class takes place in Telluride, Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 28-Aug. 6 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Language students can take Beginner Spanish Plus with Marion Bristow, Tuesdays, July 7-Aug. 25, 6-8 p.m., or French for Travelers with Emily Wilbert, BA, Thursday, June 25, 6-8 p.m. All classes take place in Telluride.
Between now and August, computer class offerings include two Microsoft Excel classes in Telluride and a Photoshop and Dreamweaver class on website and business design in Ridgway.
Tuition costs do not include the registration fees ($15/semester/family), materials fees, or books (if applicable). Class size is limited and registration is required prior to the class start date. For more information and to register, visit www.ucsanmiguel.org.
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